Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes

Patrick Head is the engineering genius who played a crucial role in Williams' success in the 1980s and 1990s. In the latest of our Engineering the Greats series, he talks about starting his career, working with top drivers, including Nigel Mansell, and the future of the current Williams team. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Without a great engineer, great drivers have no chance to shine. In the first of a new series, Engineering the Greats, Adrian Newey talks about working with some of Formula 1's leading drivers, and what it takes to win championships alongside the likes of Nigel Mansell, Mika Hakkinen and Sebastian Vettel at Williams, McLaren and Red Bull Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charged with getting the best out of Felipe Massa as his race engineer, Rob Smedley helped the Brazilian to get within a whisker of the F1 world championship. He was also the head of vehicle performance at Williams and is now working for Formula 1’s promoters, looking to make the technical side of the sport more accessible to fans. In the final Motor Sport podcast of 2019, he talks through his car...

Only one team has won world championships in F1's hybrid era and it's in no small part due to Mercedes' all-conquering engine, built and developed by Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains. To recognise its entry into the Motor Sport Hall of Fame, the MD of the engine division, Andy Cowell, describes the nerve-wracking development of the complex engine; its 'party mode'; the battle to gain grou...

Damon Hill and Karun Chandhok offer their unique take on the 2019 Formula 1 season: the drivers that impressed; the best rookie; Leclerc & Vettel's power struggle and the sport's future. Plus, what happened when Karun met Kimi Räikkönen in a Tokyo bar... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aston Martin has launched its special edition series celebrating British aviation entitled the Wings Series. It includes special edition models worked on by Q by Aston Martin. The brains behind the idea are chief creative officer Marek Reichman and director of special projects, Q and sales. They both joined Motor Sport at the Royal Automobile Club to discuss the initiative as well as other Aston M...

Legendary car designer Gordon Murray joined Motor Sport for an evening reflecting on his illustrious career in Formula 1 and the motoring industry. From his time in F1 to a possible Le Mans entry in 2021, listen as Murray recalls his highlights from a long career and reveals future plans on the drawing board. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nigel Mansell joined Motor Sport for an evening of in-depth discussion of a career that included drives for some of Formula 1’s most prestigious teams, the 1992 F1 championship and 1993 CART title. His career in motor racing spanned 30 years and took him from the lower categories to Formula 1, America and back again. Mansell talks about his journey to becoming world champion, revealing previously...

Zef Eisenberg is a multiple land-speed record holder, but he's probably best known for surviving Britain’s fastest motorcycle crash: at 230mph, while trying to beat his own record. In the latest podcast with the Royal Automobile Club and Motor Sport , Eisenberg talks through his record attempts - and crash - and explains why he keeps coming back for more. “My problem is: when is it enough?” He say...

Sir Jackie Stewart competed in Formula 1 from 1965 to 1973 in what was a notoriously dangerous period of motor racing history. The Scotsman won three world titles during his career, taking 24 race victories and 43 podium finishes, and campaigned heavily for the improvement of driver safety. Listen as he reflects on his career as well as the current state of the sport, including why he believes Eau...

Part of the Aston Martin furniture in the manufacturer's GT racing programme, Darren Turner sits down to discuss his career in this week's Motor Sport podcast. The British GT and World Endurance Championship driver talks about his career in GT racing, his almost two-decade-long affiliation with Aston Martin and even sharing a car with Colin McRae at Le Mans. The podcast was made in associatio...

Billy Monger had two legs amputated in 2017 after a heavy collision in a Formula 4 race, but immediately set his sights on a return to racing and won this year's Pau Grand Prix. The 20-year-old talks about coming out of an induced coma and immediately asking who won the F4 race, how he's adapted to racing since the crash, and his friendship with Lewis Hamilton. The podcast is in association with t...

To mark the opening of the new 'Murray Walker' television room at the Royal Automobile Club, the legendary commentator recalls the highlights of his illustrious career with a podcast, in association with Motor Sport. Listen to his memories of working with James Hunt - and the tussles they had for the microphone; why he never sat down during a race; and the reason he doesn't think he would have sur...

When Sir Chris Hoy retired from cycling, he moved from the velodrome for the race track, switching from five-minute sprint races to driving in the Le Mans 24 Hours.   The six-time Olympic cycling champion joins Ed Foster talks about his cycling career, moving into motor sport, and his latest project that sees him in the cockpit of Formula E and World Rallycross cars — as well as a monster tru...

Gil de Ferran joins Ed Foster, Simon Arron and Alan Hyde to talk through his career on both sides of the Atlantic: being mentored by Sir Jackie Stewart; setting the fastest closed-course lap of all time, at 241.428mph; and “not preparing well enough” for Fernando Alonso’s Indy 500 attempt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part of the British Touring Car Championship establishment and three times a title winner, Northern Irishman Colin Turkington chats about his low-key start in motor racing, the efforts to which he went to make his first racing car – a Metro – more aerodynamically efficient and the unexpected manner in which a hobby put him on the path to a successful professional career. He has secured all three o...

Legendary Formula 1 car designer Adrian Newey joins the Motor Sport team to talk about his wide ranging career in the highest tiers of motor sport. He talks about his relationships with drivers, his favourite cars, the challenges F1 designers and engineers face and answers questions from our readers. Newey also won the Royal Automobile Club's ‘2018 Motoring Book of the Year’ trophy for 'How to Bui...

Tai Woffinden joins Motor Sport features editor Simon Arron and staff writer Samarth Kanal for the latest Royal Automobile Club Talk Show. Woffinden has won f Speedway world championship titles, the first British rider to do so. He also picked up the Torrens Trophy, awarded by the Royal Automobile Club for motorcycle riders to have made an outstanding contribution to motorcycling, to have displaye...

Damon Hill, Karun Chandhok, grand prix editor Mark Hughes and features editor Simon Arron discuss the 2019 Formula 1 Season Preview at the IET, London. This event was sponsored by Footman James and Classic and Sports Finance. The panel talks about the season ahead and then answers questions from the audience. Motor Sport, its readers and the audience raised £1000 for Damon and Karun's chosen chari...

John Watson joins staff writer Samarth Kanal for an informal podcast at Race Retro at the end of February. He talks about the worst accidents of his career, working with and against Niki Lauda, and Roger Penske – 'the best president the United States never had.' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Roger Penske Royal Automobile Club Talk Show took place at the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, London. Motor Sport editor Joe Dunn joins staff writer Samarth Kanal as we talk to The Captain about his incredible career as the boss of one of the greatest racing teams ever. Topics covered include the loss of Mark Donohue; the incredible 2018 season that delivered the Indy 500, NASCAR Cup Seri...

Join Motor Sport editor Joe Dunn, features editor Simon Arron, production editor Rob Ladbrook and art editor Damon Cogman as they take you through the new-look March 2019 issue of the magazine. We look at how the cover was created, the new layout of the magazine and the features that await. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever wanted to get started in motor sport yourself, but not sure what it takes or how to do it? Late last year Radical Sportscars gave Motor Sport's staff photographer Lyndon McNeil the chance to fulfil his dream of going racing by guiding him through his licence test and putting him into the final round of the Radical SR1 Cup at Brands Hatch.  In this podcast we catch up with some of the key...

Karun Chandhok joins Motor Sport staff writer Samarth Kanal, features editor Simon Arron and production editor Rob Ladbrook for the latest podcast. He discusses the culture shock when he first arrived to race in the UK, becoming the first Indian driver to race in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, racing at Goodwood and driving Williams Formula 1 cars. He also discusses turbulent times with Lotus and Caterh...

Join Motor Sport editor Joe Dunn, staff photographer Lyndon McNeil, features editor Simon Arron and art editor Damon Cogman as they look through the February 2019 issue of the magazine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.